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Second Stage NGI Motor In Successful Hot Fire Test

Second Stage NGI Motor In Successful Hot Fire Test
Hot fire test of the L3Harris Technologies second stage rocket motor being developed for Lockheed Martin's Next Generation Interceptor. Photo: Lockheed Martin

The second stage solid rocket motor being developed for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program was successfully static fired inside a facility representing conditions in low-Earth orbit, demonstrating its ability to maintain the “extreme thermal and pressure stresses” in a key milestone toward eventual operation in the missile defense mission, Lockheed Martin [LMT] said on Monday. The NGI is being developed by Lockheed Martin for the Missile Defense Agency’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense system. L3Harris Technologies [LHX] is developing the first…

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